Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Mbappe: At what age did they score their 250th goal? | OneFootball

Kylian Mbappe was incredible in France’s last 16 clash with Poland at the 2022 World Cup.

The Frenchman scored two brilliant goals, both in the second half, as Les Bleus cruised to a 3-1 victory.

His second goal was glorious.

That was his 250th goal of his professional career.

The fact that Mbappe reached the landmark before his 24th birthday is outstanding. But how does he compare to some of football legends?

A Twitter user @avisualgame has crunched the numbers and listed the age 38 football legends were when they scored their 250th career goal.

At what age did 38 football legends score their 250th career goal?

38. Robbie Fowler – 35 years, 7 months

37. Miroslav Klose – 34 years, 3 months

36. Alessandro Del Piero – 33 years, 10 months

35. Didier Drogba – 33 years, 8 months

34. Carlos Tevez – 31 years, 7 months

33. Thomas Muller – 31 years, 6 months

32. Alan Shearer – 31 years, 4 months

31. Radamel Falcao – 31 years, 0 months

30. Robin Van Persie – 30 years, 11 months

29. Edin Dzeko – 30 years, 9 months

28. Mario Gomez – 30 years, 4 months

27. David Trezeguet – 30 years, 3 months

26. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 30 years, 3 months

25. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 30 years, 2 months

24. Antoine Griezmann – 30 years, 2 months

23. David Villa – 29 years, 11 months

22. Fernando Torres – 29 years, 11 months

21. Michael Owen – 29 years, 10 months

20. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 29 years, 4 months

19. Edinson Cavani – 29 years, 2 months

18. Samuel Eto’o – 28 years, 9 months

17. Gonzalo Higuain – 28 years, 5 months

16. Thierry Henry – 28 years, 3 months

15. Karim Benzema – 28 years, 3 months

14. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 28 years, 2 months

13. Andriy Shevchenko – 28 years, 1 month

12. Wayne Rooney – 27 years, 10 months

11. Robert Lewandowski – 27 years, 5 months

10. Harry Kane – 27 years, 2 months

9. Luis Suarez – 26 years, 10 months

8. Sergio Aguero – 26 years, 10 months

7. Cristiano Ronaldo – 26 years, 8 months

6. Romelu Lukaku – 26 years, 6 months

5. Ronaldo Nazario – 26 years, 3 months

4. Raul – 26 years, 2 months

3. Lionel Messi – 24 years, 8 months

2. Kylian Mbappe – 23 years, 11 months

1. Neymar – 23 years, 8 months

Mbappe has reached 250 goals in lightning quick time.

He was nearly a year younger than Messi when reached the landmark, and nearly three years younger than both Ronaldo’s.

But one current football star reached 250 goals at a younger age than Mbappe: Neymar.

Neymar made his debut for Santos at the age of just 17 and scored 136 times in Brazil’s leagues before moving to Barcelona four years later. He then hit the ground running with the Catalan giants.

Mbappe is well on the road to becoming one of the greatest footballers to have ever played the sport.

But he has a long way to beat Ronaldo’s record goal tally, that currently stands at 813.

Can Mbappe beat it? It’s not out of the question. But he will have to play at the very highest level for at least the next decade to do so.

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